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nobleman / person of noble character
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my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
Junshan district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳, Hunan
Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen / also written 灶神
Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川|铜川, Shaanxi
my late father / my ancestors / the late emperor
monarchy
tyrant / despot
(idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country
Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol
people of good will (idiom); charitable person
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monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler
hypocrite
scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany)
(honorific) your father
monarchical power
monarch
opium eater / drug addict / chain smoker
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
sovereign king
heir apparent to a throne
Yijun County in Tongchuan 銅川|铜川, Shaanxi
refined gentleman
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
regicide / to commit regicide
recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict
constitutional monarchy
spirit of the planet Mars
the monarch and his ministers / tribal chief
Gentlemen! (start of a speech) / Ladies and Gentlemen!
a ruler and his ministers (old)
sage
being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
monarchy / sovereign state
upright gentleman / man of honor
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
Junshan district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳, Hunan
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
monarchy
virtuous gentleman (idiom)
to dupe one's sovereign
homosexual (positive term)
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (mythology)
The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC
hereditary monarchy
to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
monarch / sovereign
monarchy / autocracy
royal title
Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
Grand Hyatt (hotel brand)
ideal husband; Mr. Right
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
absolute monarchy / autocracy
incapable ruler
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝, one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
enlightened sovereign
Ma Fujun, famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国
the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)


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